When he wrote that 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,' clearly Charles Dickens didn't know his Feng Shui or he would have known that through these teachings obstacles turn into opportunities and bad times into blessings.
He himself started out his professional career working torturous 10 hour days inside a London boot blacking factory. But that factory gave him fodder for the literary classics that he was soon to pen gracing the world with a legacy of literature that still magnetizes to this day. In celebration of this, his birthday and in order to bring balance to your space and make all of your days 'the best of times,' place a lamp or a light or even just a lit candle into the 'Knowledge' area of your main floor.
Let them burn brightly for at least three hours. In Feng Shui, this effort is believed to bring elucidation, education and an incredible lightness of being into your home and into your life. This cure is, quite literally, a true page turner!